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ergot meaning and definition
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Definition of ergot (noun)
- a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
- a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
- synonyms: Claviceps purpurea
Source: Princeton University Wordnet